Re: Looking for drivers

Posted on 2010-06-22, 11:18

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gravitone wrote: Im looking for the latest drivers for the following hardware: […] Show full quote Im looking for the latest drivers for the following hardware: ali aladdin V IDE/AGP Apocalypse 3dx (Pcx-2) aureal vortex 2 soundblaster 16 (full package/iso) all for windows 98 of course. Either the …

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Re: Which Pentium IIs can be underclocked?

Posted on 2010-06-21, 12:29

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Hi, Sorry I disappeared for so long. Would this work in my machine? I couldn't find an option to change the fsb speed, so I don't know if it will only accept 100mhz fsb speed pIIs, if it will run at 100mhz anyway and risk killing itself or just not work, or if it will automatically underclock to …

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Re: Most annoying enemies in a game?

Posted on 2010-06-20, 01:43

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Re-Spawning Enemies. I just hate RE-Spawning Enemies . Doesn't matter which game. Doesn't matter which enemy. Just hate them! I don't like to just kill them again and again and again. I just want to clear off an area and move on. except when you're playing an RPG and want an area to farm for gold …

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Re: Which Pentium IIs can be underclocked?

Posted on 2010-06-16, 14:30

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by Tetrium

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Do we know if P2 450MHz without lock exist? Does anyone have one? Don't have any P2-450's to test I'm afraid. Those seem to be a lot more uncommon then the 400 ones. Only seen one P2- 450 (not 400 lol, typo) in the flesh and I had no opportunity to trade the owner another slot 1 cpu. The owner …

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Re: (im)Possibilities wit Slotket CPU adapters?

Posted on 2010-06-14, 20:17

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by Tetrium

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I have received a P6TS3 Rev 1.0 with a celeron. Unfortunately, it does not support coppermines. Is there a simple soldering trick to change that? Otherwise, I won't bother with it. It and its celeron wil be relegated to minefield duty with new boards. Someone has to check them out... There should …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2010-06-14, 20:14

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There was also a Voodoo 5 5000 on sale the other day. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/3DFX-Voodoo-5-5000-PCI-Engineering-Prototype-32MB-RARE-/300431043338?cmd=ViewItem&pt=PCC_Video_TV_Cards&hash=item45f315eb0a Damn that's a lot of money... to many for me.... 5500 i also have some backup cards get this …

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Re: A working 486 hits my desk!

Posted on 2010-06-13, 23:07

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Noise was the main reason I decided to try to dampen the sound by adding cardboard to the insides of the case. It worked reasonably well, is dirt cheap and easy to implement. There are other ways to quieten harddrives but those involve spending more money which might not be worth it if you could …

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Re: A working 486 hits my desk!

Posted on 2010-06-13, 10:34

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Then you'd need something like this: http://www.pcloft.com/cpucoforin48.html Another option could be to simply aim a large faster fan directly at the cpu (without heatsink) but that wouldn't be my preferred option. Still it should work as any 486 produced very little heat, even compared to a pentium …

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Re: A working 486 hits my desk!

Posted on 2010-06-13, 10:18

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Update: ..... Since this kind of CPU gets rare, I would prefer to do the attachment reversible. Has anyone a good solution for this? I have two ideas, but haven tried yet: i) use double sided tape. Does it get loose, when it gets hot? ii) use hot glue at the corners. Should not melt at operating …

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Re: Double score: CMS and prototype SB1.0

Posted on 2010-06-12, 23:44

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I wonder whether the Killer Card actually still works. Those manuals should be scanned, they may shed some insight on the function of the big CT-1302 chip. I was thinking the same thing, but it looks somewhat oxidized on the bottom side. It's still looking awesome though! It looks almost …

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Re: Double score: CMS and prototype SB1.0

Posted on 2010-06-12, 18:48

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Anonymous Coward wrote: Looks like you could sell those for some real money. Or just blackmail him into handing you the music card "or else ull tell creative he hasn't returned the killer card yet so creative's goons will hunt him down for the rest of his life" 😜

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Re: Found an HP Pavilion 7110Z

Posted on 2010-06-11, 14:30

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Pics would be very helpful. Could you take some detailed shots of the cache chip sockets? Theres a slight chance I may have such chips laying around. About the memory chips, those should be relatively easy to come by. Many graphics cards from that era had sockets filled with memory chips that can be …

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Re: Socket-A AMD Athlon/Sempron system

Posted on 2010-06-10, 22:42

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I was looking over some old mobo reviews awhile ago and discovered that VIA disk controllers basically suck. It's something that I've suspected for years and looking up review numbers showed it to be very true. If that mobo has a separate IDE RAID controller, try it instead. The Highpoint chips are …

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Re: A working 486 hits my desk!

Posted on 2010-06-08, 13:01

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Yes, it would still be grounded as long it's plugged in, and that would probably be the safest solution for an ATX system, but I would never do that on an AT system, where even with the thing turned off you still have line voltage going to the (often not very well insulated) power switch in the …

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Re: A working 486 hits my desk!

Posted on 2010-06-07, 23:00

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.....As for polarity, just take a multimeter and check which of the outer two pins is connected to ground, then the other one will be for the positive lead...... Sorry for asking such a noob question, but you'll have to measure the ground while the system is on, right? Btw, would it be possible to …

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Re: Dual 386 Motherboard??????

Posted on 2010-06-07, 22:43

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Hate to bump an old thread, but the 387 coprocessors i saw were 68-pin. That second socket in the listing looks like it's 132/133-pin ETA: on further inspection and counting it looks like the socket is 121 pins Looks like a socket for the weitek http://www.cpu-collection.de/?l0=co&l1=Weitek&l2=386% …

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Re: Which Pentium IIs can be underclocked?

Posted on 2010-06-07, 12:40

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by Tetrium

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I was going to try a P2 that I'm pretty sure is unlocked but could not get it into the socket. In theory it should fit/work but too much pressure was going in and it was not being seated :( Then it probably has some bend pins. Either that or the socket has somethi8ng stuck in it. I have a trick, …

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Re: A working 486 hits my desk!

Posted on 2010-06-07, 12:20

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I just found a working 486. It has opti chipset, 1 MB Tseng ET4000 ISA graphics, 4MB, 200 MB HDD, two floppy drives, AMD 486DX 40 MHz. Two Slots have an extension, I assume VLB. It booted and when I typed win, it started win 3.11. Win 3.11 looks incredibly cool and sharp on a 15" TFT. Problems: I …

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Re: (im)Possibilities wit Slotket CPU adapters?

Posted on 2010-06-07, 12:17

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Btw, from my experience I've noticed that most BX boards are capable of supporting coppermines. Then my questions are: (1) In order to use Coppermine through Slotket adapter, the 440BX mobo should specifically support it, am I correct? (2) How do we know if a 440BX support Coppermine or not? I have …

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Re: Choosing a Voodoo

Posted on 2010-06-07, 00:00

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I can remember there was a SIS chipset at one time that the Voodoo3 was incompatible with. Been 10 years ago so I can't remember which one. Might have been a s370 sis chipset? afaik there are no socket 7 sis boards that actually have an AGP slot. Correct me if I'm wrong. If it's a pci voodoo 3 then …

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